Subj : Re: Slimmed down Debian
To   : KY MOFFET
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Aug 31 2019 09:17:00

> > Well, nfs is pretty much installed by default if you choose a "server
> > install" on a linux distro.  Or, at least it is with debian and several of
> > its derivatives (sp?).  As to whether or not you need an all-in-one depends
> > on what you might want to serve up with it.

> Haha, you're assuming I know what I want to serve up :)  I'm thinkin'
> mostly it ought to be a backup server, if I can figure out how to
> achieve it.

You would probably want nfs then.  If you have any windows machines that
you'd be backing up, you'd also want samba set up.  Some folks use rsync
for backup.  I am not smart enough to get it working, so I use the old
mirrordir program.  There are some potential drawbacks to using it as the
source is no longer updated, where rsync is still maintaned and (I think)
it has some compatable cross-platform programs, too (IIRC, there is an
rsync for OS/2 and maybe Windows).

Print server was the other thing that came to mind.  IIRC, the default
"server install" for debian would include nfs and print and maybe samba.

Mike

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